Deaths on 24 February
2000s
Roberta Flack
2025
American singer (1937–2025)
Kumar Shahani
2024
Indian film director and screenwriter (1940–2024)
Edith Roger
2023
Norwegian dancer and stage director (1922–2023)
Ronald Pickup
2021
British actor (1940–2021)
Katherine Johnson
2020
American NASA employee (1918–2020)
Sridevi
2018
Indian actress (1963–2018)
Haukur Hilmarsson
2018
Icelandic activist (1986–2018)
Peter Kenilorea
2016
Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (1943–2016)
Nabil Maleh
2016
George C. Nichopoulos
2016
American physician
Methodius Kudriakov
2015
Autocephalous Orthodox Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (1949–2015)
Rakhat Aliyev
2015
Kazakh politician (1961–2015)
Franny Beecher
2014
American rock and roll musician (1921–2014)
Alexis Hunter
2014
New Zealand painter and photographer (1948–2014)
Carlos Páez Vilaró
2014
Uruguayan artist (1923–2014)
Harold Ramis
2014
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)
The Velvets
2013
Doo-wop group from Odessa, Texas
Con Martin
2013
Irish footballer (1923–2013)
Agnes Allen (baseball)
2012
Baseball player
Oliver Wrong
2012
Academic nephrologist
Anant Pai
2011
Indian comics artist (1929–2011)
Dawn Brancheau
2010
American SeaWorld trainer (1969–2010)
Larry Norman
2008
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (1947–2008)
Bruce Bennett
2007
American actor (1906–2007)
Damien Nash
2007
American football player (1982–2007)
Octavia E. Butler
2006
American science fiction writer (1947–2006)
Don Knotts
2006
American actor and comedian (1924–2006)
John Martin (Canadian broadcaster)
2006
Founder of MuchMusic (1947–2006)
Dennis Weaver
2006
American actor (1924–2006)
Coşkun Kırca
2005
Turkish diplomat and politician (1927–2005)
John Randolph (actor)
2004
American actor (1915–2004)
Leo Ornstein
2002
American composer and pianist (1895–2002)
Theodore Marier
2001
American classical composer
Claude Shannon
2001
American mathematician (1916–2001)
1900s
Andre Dubus
1999
American writer
Antonio Prohías
1998
Cuban cartoonist
Henny Youngman
1998
American comedian (1907–1998)
Jean Sablon
1994
French singer, songwriter, composer and actor (1906–1994)
Dinah Shore
1994
American singer and actress (1916–1994)
Danny Gallivan
1993
Canadian sportscaster (1917–1993)
Bobby Moore
1993
English professional footballer (1941–1993)
John Charles Daly
1991
American journalist and game show host (1914–1991)
George Gobel
1991
American comedian and actor (1919–1991)
Webb Pierce
1991
American country musician (1921–1991)
Tony Conigliaro
1990
American baseball player (1945–1990)
Malcolm Forbes
1990
American publisher (1919–1990)
Sandro Pertini
1990
President of Italy from 1978 to 1985
Johnnie Ray
1990
American singer and pianist (1927–1990)
Rukmini Devi Arundale
1986
Indian dancer and choreographer (1904–1986)
Tommy Douglas
1986
Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961
Virginia Bruce
1982
American actress and singer (1910–1982)
Alma Thomas
1978
American painter (1891–1978)
Hans Bellmer
1975
German artist and photographer
Nikolai Bulganin
1975
Soviet politician (1895–1975)
Margaret Leech
1974
American historian and novelist (1893-1974)
Conrad Nagel
1970
American actor (1897–1970)
Mir Osman Ali Khan
1967
Last ruler of Hyderabad, India (1886–1967)
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
1953
American politician (1895–1953)
Gerd von Rundstedt
1953
German field marshal (1875–1953)
Hermann von Ihering
1930
German-Brazilian zoologist (1850–1930)
André Messager
1929
French composer and conductor (1853–1929)
Edward Marshall Hall
1927
British barrister (1858–1927)
Hjalmar Branting
1925
Swedish politician (1860–1925)
Joshua Chamberlain
1914
Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Osman Hamdi Bey
1910
Ottoman administrator, intellectual and artist (1842–1910)
1800s
Shiranui Kōemon
1879
Japanese sumo wrestler
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
1876
1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76)
Nikolai Lobachevsky
1856
Russian mathematician (1792–1856)
Thomas Bowdler
1825
English physician and editor (1754–1825)
Robert Fulton
1815
American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)
Étienne-Louis Malus
1812
French officer, engineer, physicist and mathematician
Henry Cavendish
1810
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
Before 1800
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
1799
German scientist and satirist (1742–1799)
Carlo Buonaparte
1785
Father of Napoleon Bonaparte (1746–1785)
Joseph I of Portugal
1777
King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777
Francis Charteris (rake)
1732
Scottish soldier and adventurer
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
1721
British military officer, writer and politician (1648–1721)
Edmund Andros
1714
English army officer and colonial administrator (1637–1714)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
1704
French composer (1643–1704)
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
1685
English military leader and politician
Prataprao Gujar
1674
Commander-in-chief under Maratha Empire
Nicholas Lanier
1666
English musician, scenographer and painter
Johann Weyer
1588
Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel
1580
English nobleman and courtier (1512–1580)
François, Duke of Guise
1563
French soldier and politician (1519–1563)
Properzia de' Rossi
1530
Italian sculptor (c. 1490–1530)
Jacques de La Palice
1525
Marshal of France
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet
1525
French soldier (c. 1488–1525)
Richard de la Pole
1525
Pretender to the English crown (died 1525)
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
1496
Count of Württemberg
Charles III of Naples
1386
King of Naples (1382–1386) and Hungary (1385–1386)
Thomas II of York
1114
Archbishop of York from 1109 to 1114
Borrell (bishop of Vic)
1018
Liu Yun (governor)
951
Æthelberht of Kent
616
King of Kent from 589 to 616